Editing Mingo County, West Virginia (section)

==Politics==
The youngest of West Virginia's 55 counties, Mingo County was created from deeply secessionist Logan County.<ref>Hinkle, Harlan H.; ''Grayback Mountaineers: The Confederate Face of Western Virginia'', pp. 189-190, 194 {{ISBN|0595268404}}</ref> Consequently, for the 110 years following its creation, Mingo County was staunchly Democratic, voting for [[Walter Mondale]]—who came within 3,819 votes of losing all 50 states—by a two-to-one margin in 1984, and voting [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] only for [[William Howard Taft]] in 1908, [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1928 due to widespread anti-Catholic sentiment against [[Al Smith]], and Richard Nixon against the left-wing [[George McGovern]] in 1972. Like all of West Virginia, since 2000 a combination of declining unionization<ref>Schwartzman, Gabe; [http://www.dailyyonder.com/how-coalfields-went-gop/2015/01/13/7668/ ‘How Central Appalachia Went Right’]; ''Daily Yonder'', January 13, 2015</ref> and differences with the Democratic Party's liberal views on social and environmental issues has produced a dramatic swing to the Republican Party.<ref>Cohn, Nate; [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/upshot/southern-whites-loyalty-to-gop-nearing-that-of-blacks-to-democrats.html ‘Demographic Shift: Southern Whites’ Loyalty to G.O.P. Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats’], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 24, 2014</ref> Mingo County last backed a Democratic presidential nominee in 2004, when [[John Kerry]] carried the county by 13 percentage points despite losing the national election and popular vote. In 2020, Democrat [[Joe Biden]] lost the county by more than 70 percentage points to Republican [[Donald Trump]] despite winning the presidential election. In 2024, Mingo County was the second-most Republican county in the state, behind only arch-Republican [[Grant County, West Virginia|Grant County]].

In state elections, Mingo County remained very Democratic up until the mid-2010s. In the [[2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia|2018 U.S. Senate election]], Democrat [[Joe Manchin]] lost Mingo County despite winning statewide. Nonetheless, Democrats enjoy a 2-to-1 advantage in party registration as of October 2023. 

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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|8,544|1,397|85|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|7,911|1,370|231|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|6,191|2,428|236|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,587|3,582|169|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|4,612|5,983|60|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|3,866|6,049|128|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,229|7,584|1,062|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,584|7,342|947|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,896|7,429|25|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|4,275|8,434|17|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,716|9,328|236|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,010|8,655|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|7,484|5,585|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|3,988|8,677|1,133|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,154|12,266|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|4,903|11,259|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|7,916|10,014|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|6,852|12,856|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,896|10,362|34|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|4,711|9,550|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|5,776|11,619|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|5,771|11,278|15|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|7,801|8,657|43|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|6,904|6,801|27|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|4,656|5,313|1,101|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|3,972|4,934|0|West Virginia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,223|2,472|10|West Virginia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|1,569|1,832|956|West Virginia}}